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Mandate Clarity Is Monetary Power

By VICA Partners | July 2025(Peer-reviewed by institutional market strategists and asset managers) The Federal Reserve’s policy efficacy is increasingly ...
VMSI INDEX

Conviction Builds as Volatility Slides and Rotation Widens

VMSI Edges to 57.4 as Breadth Firms, Tactical Hedging Further Fades, July 17, 2025 | VICA Research — Volatility & ...
VMSI INDEX

Conviction Builds as Volatility Slides and Cyclical Rotation Gains Strength

VMSI Edges to 57.0 as Breadth Expands, Hedging Costs Slide Further July 10, 2025 | VICA Research — Volatility & ...
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SIGNAL FOR THE MANY — NOT THE FEW

The VOLATILITY & MARKET SENTIMENT INDEX (VMSI©) is VICA Partners’ freely‑available, institution‑grade lens on market risk and opportunity. It captures where capital is moving now and where ...
VMSI INDEX

Conviction Cohesion Builds as Volatility Plateaus: Institutions Stay the Course

VMSI edges to 56.1 as breadth expands, hedging eases further July 3, 2025 | VICA Research — Volatility & Market ...
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Conviction Balances Amid Elevated Volatility: Institutions Reassess, Not Retreat

VMSI Edges to 55.1 as Rotation Stabilizes, Capital Maintains Risk-Aware Engagement June 26, 2025 | VICA Research — Volatility & ...
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Conviction Holds as Risk Tolerance Meets New Volatility

VMSI Slips to 54.9 as Institutional Appetite Maintains Course Despite Uptick in Hedging Costs June 19, 2025 | VICA Research ...
VMSI INDEX

Own the Pipe, Not the Price

Energy Logistics as a VMSI-Positive, Asymmetric Trade In a market addicted to volatility, the most defensible position in energy isn’t ...
News

Conviction Builds: Institutions Shift from Probing to Positioning

June 12, 2025 | VICA Research — Volatility & Momentum Signal Index VICA Partners Research’s VMSI © tracks how institutional ...
OPINION

The Dollar Is Not in Decline — But Complacency Is the Real Risk

VICA Partners, June 9, 2025 The dollar’s reserve share has slipped from 71% to 58%. This isn’t collapse — it’s ...
VMSI INDEX

Capital Turns a Corner: Institutions Begin to Lean In

VMSI Climbs to 52.7 as Institutions Shift Toward Cautious Optimism June 5, 2025 | VICA Research VICA Partners Research’s VMSI ...
RESEARCH

Why the Debt Alarm Is the Best News for Long-Term Investors in a Decade

By VICA Partners | June 2025 Every few years, financial headlines rediscover U.S. government debt. The tone is always urgent. ...